McLeod County Historical Society uses Past Perfect Museum Software on its network computer system, like many small historical museums. In the last three years we have been adding a tremendous amount of digital media, i.e. photos and recordings, to the system. This has created some storage and backup problems for us. My board would like to explore the option of […]

Dear Colleagues: http://bit.ly/MuseumSurvey I’m interested in learning how other museums and cultural institutions are engaging their communities through social media technologies. Are you? Help me gather benchmark data by completing this survey about what types of social media are being used by museums, how much time is spent on it and who in the organization […]

Like many museums, we receive copies of newsletters and mailing from a goodly number of our fellow historical organizations. I will admit that I don’t always have time to digest everything that is printed. But on occasion, an item will get my attention. A copy that recently crossed my desk contained an intriguing statistic. […]

In the world of betting, the over-under is a wager that an actual score in a game will be over or under a number set by a sportsbook manager. In the nonprofit world, the over-under refers to over-organization and undercapitalization. A lot of ink has been used to detail how little needed another museum – […]